Tag: Gender

ASA remind us of their rules on International Women’s Day

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA have reminded us of some of their approprate rules on a post on their site on International Women’s Day: International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women across the globe, as well as a day to call for action to progress gender equality. The topic of gender inequality has dominated headlines and been widely debated in the media in recent months. However, the ASA has always taken a firm ground on sexism, objectification and inappropriate sexualisation in advertising, mostly in relation to the portrayal…

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Parents Launch National Campaign To Advance The Gender Conversation

Stuart Mitchell

In the midst of a national conversation about the rights of transgender youth, two parent advocates are coming together to unveil a campaign that’s more “show” than “tell.”    The GenderCool Project is an awareness campaign that opens up the conversation around gender in a way the general public can understand. The campaign’s centerpiece chronicles the accomplishments of transgender kids and their young allies across the United States.    At first glance, the effort feels more like a brand campaign than an educational effort, and that’s exactly how founders Jennifer Grosshandler and…

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Voluntary organisations should consider publishing gender pay gap data regardless of size, NCVO recommends

Stuart Mitchell

Voluntary organisations should consider publishing information about the differences in pay between men and women even if they have less than 250 employees, an umbrella body has recommended. New rules introduced in April 2017 mean that all private and voluntary-sector employers in England, Wales and Scotland with 250 or more employees are required to publish information about the differences in pay between men and women on an annual basis from 2017. Although it employs only around 100 staff, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), which represents more than 13,000…

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Havas Media ask are we seeing the end of gender?

Stuart Mitchell

Gender is a hot-button issue in 2017, with gender-related controversies multiplying around the world. But will there come a time when gender is regarded as no more important than a person’s height, handedness, or hair color? Based on the findings of Havas Group’s recent survey of more than 12,000 people in 32 countries and the accompanying “The Future Is FeMale” report (downloadable here), a nongendered future may be in the cards. “The media is raging with arguments about pay gaps, harassment, sexploitation, rape culture, mansplaining, and manspreading, not to mention…

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